The Lawyer Who Reads Tomorrow - Chapter 59

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Episode 59

 

 

As I had thought before.

The woman seemed to be quite high-ranking even among this fanatic cult.

 

The woman who had emerged from somewhere in the moonlit Delphinium Garden was looking at Manager Yoon Ha-young with an incomparably haughty gaze.

 

“…Hell Elucia-nim.”

 

Manager Yoon, who was shorter than me, stood as if to shield me, but there was no way my body could be completely hidden.

A gentle coldness dripped from the woman’s voice.

 

“Ah, revealing my name to an outsider.”

 

Manager Yoon bowed deeply and lowered her head.

 

What?

Did they already know each other?

 

I didn’t know Manager Yoon Ha-young was such a good actor.

 

“I think I’ve seen you before… Are you a Sacred Guard?”

 

The woman whispered like singing while looking at Manager Yoon Ha-young.

Even though she had clearly seen me, she didn’t turn her gaze toward me.

It was an attitude that seemed to give silent pressure.

 

“I’m, I’m sorry. Elucia-nim. This person is someone who will become Elucia-nim’s partner, so I failed to consider properly and….”

 

What.

 

Manager Yoon’s way of speaking changed in an instant.

It was like the attitude one would have when meeting an owner at a company.

 

I applauded inwardly at her amazing acting ability.

 

So fluent.

Manager Yoon was someone who wouldn’t even bow her head to Ho-shin Senior, who was the real owner.

 

“Shall we hear your excuse first?”

 

The woman spoke quite domineeringly, different from how she was in front of me and Lim Do-hyuk.

Nevertheless, Manager Yoon Ha-young began pouring out answers as if she had prepared them.

 

“That, that’s… I’m sorry. Before performing the sacred ritual, I assumed that Elucia-nim would have already informed the person who would become your partner of your name.”

“Hmm… You, what’s your name?”

“…Kim So-yeon Anemone.”

 

…Anemone?

Come to think of it, she had said she entered using someone else’s name.

So it was a real person.

 

“…Anemone… I think I’ve heard of it. Do you currently have a partner prepared?”

“Yes, yes… That’s right. Someone who walks the path of Ecclesia.”

“I see… Even though you have a partner, on this night…?”

 

The woman questioned suspiciously.

Even with a smiling face, the murderous intent emanating from her was not ordinary.

When I tried to step forward, Manager Yoon subtly moved one foot back to form an X.

 

Was she telling me to wait?

 

“I’m truly sorry. Actually, my dream is… embarrassingly, to be a lawyer….”

“…?”

“Someday I want to become a lawyer who can help the Kardia Cult… so I wanted to ask this person about my career path….”

 

She had clearly made up whatever came to mind.

However, the moment the noun Cardia was mentioned, the woman’s eyes completely changed.

 

She instantly approached Manager Yoon Ha-young with an impressed face and placed her hand on her shoulder.

 

“…Kim So-yeon Anemone.”

“Yes, Elucia-nim.”

“…If it’s for such a matter… don’t hesitate to contact Sung Tae-hyun-nim. But during the day.”

“…!”

“No matter how much it’s for the religious order, nights are dangerous.”

 

It was amazing negotiation skills.

 

Right now, Manager Yoon Ha-young had not only erased the woman’s suspicion of her but also gained the right to meet during the day.

Without any suspicion.

 

Although it was possible because the woman was a fanatic, to tell such a barefaced lie.

 

“At night… that’s right. It’s time for the Radiance Corps to emit light through the gaps when the sun is hidden.”

“…!”

 

Radiance Corps…?

 

Did Manager Yoon Ha-young understand what the woman meant?

I don’t know.

It’s a name that would only appear in some RPG game.

 

Manager Yoon Ha-young bowed deeply.

 

“Then please go ahead.”

 

At the woman’s words, Manager Yoon Ha-young didn’t resist.

She silently bowed her head, then opened the hotel back door and went inside.

 

Leaving me alone in this ambiguous situation, as if I’d been caught having an affair or something.

 

“Sung Tae-hyun.”

 

The woman’s gaze was now directed at me.

 

“Yes, Elucia.”

 

When I called her name with some calculation behind it, the woman’s face turned slightly red.

She looked at me for a moment, then sighed and pulled out a few sheets of paper from her bosom.

 

“What is that?”

 

When I asked, the woman touched the papers with a troubled expression, as if handling something sacrilegious.

But soon, as if she had made up her mind, she slowly held out the bundle of papers to me.

 

“…I like you, Sung Tae-hyun.”

“Excuse me?”

“Marriage, I mean. Although it’s a marriage hosted by Park Mu-hyun Cerius and Protosophy, for me it’s also recognition that my long wait is over.”

 

She let out a trembling sigh.

 

Perhaps borrowing the power of dawn.

I didn’t know this woman well, but I could at least tell that she was being honest.

The problem was that it differed from my common sense.

 

So this side also has a system where you need to get married to receive recognition.

Before I died, I was the only unmarried judge in our court.

 

It meant her statement was understandable to some extent.

 

“So… Protosophy will probably turn a blind eye to this much of a loophole.”

 

I took the bundle of papers the woman handed me and unfolded it.

 

“…!”

 

Oh my.

 

“Yes, that’s right. Even if you look at me with those eyes… I don’t regret it.”

 

Elucia bit her lip.

I looked at the bundle of papers again with a bewildered face.

 

This was an even larger amount than the past exam questions Manager Yoon Ha-young had brought me earlier…

 

“Past exam questions for the pre-baptism test, a total of 10 years’ worth.”

“…!”

“Since there isn’t much time left until the baptism ceremony, I brought them out of urgency.”

 

She blushed and lowered her gaze slightly, as if she had done something against her conscience.

This was the first time I’d seen such an expression from this fanatic.

 

“So please make sure to pass the pre-baptism test for my sake.”

 

I alternately looked at the past exam questions and the woman’s face for a moment.

 

I see.

This woman is sincere.

She was somewhat like a mother sending her child to an exam hall.

 

And I had reasons to survive in this fanatic cult.

 

“I understand.”

 

The woman’s face brightened.

I added reassuringly.

Since I’d received the test bank anyway, compared to taking the bar exam, memorization like this was nothing.

 

“I’m pretty good at memorizing things.”

“Protosophy…”

 

The woman smiled as brightly as a delphinium.

 

* * *

 

“What kind of crazy cult is this.”

 

Lim Do-hyuk muttered while lying sprawled on the bed.

 

“You really have to take a test? And you’re actually going to take it?”

“Give me the past exam questions, senior.”

 

I snatched the papers that Lim Do-hyuk had been examining while lying down.

I now had the latest past papers that Manager Yoon Ha-young had secretly brought me and Elucia’s 10-year past papers.

 

With just these, the test wouldn’t be scary-

 

“What about the escape? When is it? That Manager Yoon won’t just take you alone, right?”

 

Lim Do-hyuk whispered with an anxious face.

He had lowered his voice considerably, worried that the word ‘escape’ might leak outside.

 

I glanced at him and then buried my face back in the past exam questions.

 

“Sunday, there’s a timing when people go home after the morning baptism ceremony.”

“…Then won’t they just send us home?”

“No. You might be able to, senior, but not me.”

“Why?”

 

I now lifted my face from the past exam questions.

Lim Do-hyuk’s thinking was too shallow that I found it bothersome to answer.

But I should do it anyway.

 

“For me, the baptism ceremony is like a wedding.”

“…!”

“There seems to be something like a honeymoon.”

 

That was right.

 

This religious order had procedures even for honeymoons.

I wasn’t sure if it applied to all believers.

 

Anyway, the escape route that Manager Yoon had secretly devised had that ‘honeymoon’ written in detail.

 

“After the baptism ceremony ends, spend one night at this hotel, then spend a week visiting all domestic Cardia communities to pay respects….”

 

Lim Do-hyuk, who had taken the paper with the escape route written on it, muttered.

His eyes widened greatly.

 

“Really? You go around paying respects for a whole week?”

“That’s what they say.”

“Not all believers would do this.”

 

I thought so too.

 

Judging from Manager Yoon Ha-young’s behavior at dawn, the woman named Elucia seemed to have quite a high position within the religious order.

So she would deliberately visit all the communities in the provinces to pay respects.

And probably, that would be no different from solidifying the surveillance and reporting system regarding my existence.

 

“Escape route A is the basic one.”

“Yes, they say there’s time to change clothes after the baptism ceremony ends and before the banquet begins.”

“…You sneak out then?”

“Apparently around that time, the believers from the provinces start heading back.”

 

It would be big trouble if I followed along on the honeymoon.

 

Until the baptism ceremony, surveillance would be strict, but after that, I too would be recognized as one of them.

So it meant they wouldn’t maintain the same tight surveillance as before.

 

“…So you’re really getting married….”

“Senior.”

“Yeah?”

“I’m scared right now.”

 

Lim Do-hyuk’s face contorted at the sudden words.

 

“What are you talking about.”

“I’ve been kidnapped and confined by cult members for days now, unable to even go out.”

“…Hey, are you being serious right now?”

“I’m even being forced to get baptized and have to get married, right?”

“….”

“I can’t go home, and the cult bastards are guarding the door. Of course I’m scared. I’m so scared right now that I can’t even judge the situation properly.”

 

Lim Do-hyuk suddenly hung his head at my words.

He seemed to feel sorry himself.

 

“…Sung Tae-hyun, that’s.”

“So this is, so to speak, coercion.”

 

He finally realized I was joking.

Lim Do-hyuk’s face turned bright red.

 

“Hey!”

“It means even if they file a marriage registration without my knowledge, it’s grounds for cancellation, Senior.”

“I’m not asking because I don’t know that-“

“So don’t worry unnecessarily like that.”

 

Lim Do-hyuk let out a deflated sigh.

 

“You really….”

“More importantly.”

 

I folded the past exam questions and put them down on the bedside table.

I had been given permission to make contact with Manager Yoon Ha-young during the day.

 

“Manager Yoon Ha-young will probably come once today.”

“…!”

“I got permission from Elucia yesterday.”

“…Elucia?”

 

Lim Do-hyuk slightly frowned.

His face, which had been red from being teased earlier, had already turned pale again.

 

Really, how was he working at Haeil with that kind of personality.

 

“Elucia… I feel like I’ve heard that name somewhere.”

“The woman who said she would marry me for my baptism is called Elucia, right?”

“Hmm….”

“My guess is that she’s quite a high-ranking figure within the religious order.”

 

Lim Do-hyuk didn’t seem to remember.

Although Park Mu-hyun was deeply entangled with the Cardia religion, from what I’d observed over the past few days, Lim Do-hyuk didn’t know much about the religious order.

 

If this was acting, it would be worthy of an acting award.

 

“…Right. They wouldn’t assign just any believer to you.”

 

The security was that strict too.

 

I caught my breath for a moment.

There wasn’t much time left until the baptism now.

 

It would be good if I could find and get to Park Noah before then.

 

“Was there any separate contact from Park Mu-hyun?”

 

I asked Lim Do-hyuk.

 

During breakfast time in the morning, a few believers had approached and taken only Lim Do-hyuk to another place.

I wondered if he might have encountered Park Mu-hyun.

 

However, Lim Do-hyuk shook his head.

 

“No. There I…”

 

He moved his lips hesitantly.

 

“…I saw Father.”

“…?”

“Father, he was here.”

 

Lim Do-hyuk had a devastated expression on his face.

It would be good if I could contact Deputy Yoon Ha-young right now.

 

Mobile phones didn’t work in this damn Religious Order.

So Lim Sang-jin is here.

 

Even if not Lim Do-hyuk, it was certain that Lim Sang-jin had connections to this Religious Order.

 

“So what happened?”

“Nothing much. Just told me to stay quiet until the baptism ceremony.”

 

What a ridiculous story.

If he was involved this deeply, it would have been natural for the Religious Order not to bother with nonsense about baptisms and such to Lim Do-hyuk.

 

“It seems like Lim Sang-jin will also attend the baptism ceremony. Excuse me, your father too.”

 

If I play this right, I could catch two birds with one stone.

Park Noah and Lim Sang-jin.

I should give instructions to Deputy Yoon Ha-young without Lim Do-hyuk knowing.

 

Soon, the sound of knocking echoed.

It was the face I had been waiting for.

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